scholarly communications through open access graduate student orientation 2012 presented by isabel...

Scholarly Communications Through Open Access

Graduate Student Orientation 2012Presented by

Isabel Silver, Academic and Scholarly OutreachGeorge A. Smathers Libraries

Sharing research, knowledge, and creative productivity

Publishing Issues:

author’s rights economics of scholarly

resources new models--open access institutional repositories rights and access preservation of intellectual

assets

Scholarly Communications

Science drivenResearcher-drivenReaction to the restricted

flow of information and control

Technology enables new interactionsCollaborationFree flow of informationSupports distributed

scholarship

New Models of Scholarly

Communication

Open notebookOpen sourceOpen contentOpen educationOpen dataOpen repositoriesOpen booksOpen peer reviewOpen scienceOpen knowledge

Open Access Movement

Key Elements

FreeUnrestrictedDigitalOnline

Two “colors” of OA publishing

What is Open Access?

FLA2012 - Opening Up Open Access: Open Access is Not Just an Academic Library Issue

GREENRepositories

GOLDOA Journals

The IR@UF

OA Journal Publishing UF Open Access

Publishing Fund

Two ways to participate in OA

publishingat UF

FLA2012 - Opening Up Open Access: Open Access is Not Just an Academic Library Issue

Why is Open Access Important?

• Sustainability• Research impact• Public access benefits and rights

FLA2012 - Opening Up Open Access: Open Access is Not Just an Academic Library Issue

International declarations Institutional/university policiesOpen access publishing funds

and grant support & mandatesNational and legislative efforts Faculty, researchers, students

and teachersThe public and public access

See SPARC: http://www.arl.org/sparc/

Support for the Open Access

Movement

FLA2012 - Opening Up Open Access: Open Access is Not Just an Academic Library Issue

Growth of the OA Movement

• OA journals• Repositories• Consortia

George A. Smathers Libraries The Scholarly Communications

Librarian, Ms. Christine Fruin The IR@UF The UF Open Access Publishing

Fund Directory of Open Access

Journals -- DOAJ Registry of Open Access

Repositories -- ROAR Scholarly Publishing and

Academic Resources Coalition – SPARC

Resources

FLA2012 - Opening Up Open Access: Open Access is Not Just an Academic Library Issue

Questions and Discussion

Isabel Silverisilver@ufl.edu